Gaming News Roundup: GTA 6 Takes Over El Clásico, Shenmue 3 Enhanced Slips to 2027, Konami's Secret Silent Hill Teams & More (Oct 26, 2026)

GTA 6 ads at El Clásico (image via Beebom / Rockstar Games)

GTA 6's marketing just hit one of the biggest stages in sports: El Clásico. Its Miami fast-food bags are also reselling for more than the Collector's Edition. Microsoft gives Arkane Lyon more time, Shenmue 3: Enhanced Edition slips to 2027, and Konami explains why its Silent Hill studios didn't know what the others were making. Cyberpunk 2077 and Final Fantasy Resonance hit big Steam peaks, and there's plenty more. Here's the Lanbrew gaming roundup for October 26, 2026.

GTA 6 takes over El Clásico's pitchside boards, and its Miami fast-food bags are reselling for $500

Rockstar put GTA 6 in front of one of the biggest TV audiences in club football. During Sunday's Real Madrid vs. Barcelona match at Spotify Camp Nou, the rotating LED boards around the pitch flashed the Grand Theft Auto VI logo with a simple "Coming November 19" message several times during the broadcast. Fans spotted the boards on international streams, and clips spread fast after the final whistle. Beebom notes the match reportedly drew around 650 million viewers. TalkEsport says the placement was limited to the stadium boards, with no shirt deal or TV spot, and Rockstar hasn't commented.

It's the latest sports-led move in GTA 6's final-month push, which already includes the Miami Heat's "A Night in Vice City" game on November 18 and real-life Burger Shot and Cluckin' Bell stands at the Kaseya Center. That Miami merch is now a resale item: Dexerto found a Burger Shot promotional bag that sold on eBay on October 25 for $501, which is $100 more than the game's $400 Collector's Edition. Cups are listed for $91 to $200, and an empty fries packet for $55. GTA 6 launches November 19 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

Source: Beebom; TalkEsport; Dexerto

Marvel's Blade (image via GamesRadar+ / Arkane Lyon)

Update: Microsoft gives Arkane Lyon another month and looks for a partner to finish Marvel's Blade

What's new: On October 23 we covered reports that Arkane Lyon had until November 13 to find a buyer. Microsoft has now confirmed it is extending the French studio's consultation period by one more month.

"We have extended the consultation period by one additional month as we explore options, including finding a partner to support the studio through the development work still ahead," a Microsoft representative told PC Gamer. That remaining work is Marvel's Blade, announced back in 2023. Reports on how close it is to done still conflict: a union representative told Le Monde it was nearing completion, while PC Gamer's sources say it still has years to go.

Source: GamesRadar+; IGN

Shenmue 3 (image via Eurogamer / Ys Net)

Shenmue 3: Enhanced Edition slips to early 2027

Ryo's forklift will have to wait. Publisher ININ Games has delayed Shenmue 3: Enhanced Edition from its planned Q4 2026 window to early 2027 so the team can "get everything right," with more details promised soon. The remaster of Ys Net's 2019 game is coming to PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Switch 2, and promises sharper visuals, quality-of-life fixes, DLSS and FSR support, more NPCs in Niaowu, and a classic camera mode inspired by the first two games, Eurogamer reports.

Source: Eurogamer; Push Square

Silent Hill Townfall and Silent Hill f (image via VGC / Konami)

Konami kept its Silent Hill studios in the dark about each other's games, on purpose

Silent Hill Townfall director Jon McKellan says his team at Screen Burn found out about Konami's other Silent Hill projects "when everyone else did, when they announced them." Speaking at MCM London Comic Con, he explained that series producer Motoi Okamoto wanted to keep the games from influencing each other. Okamoto's team reviewed every project, and if one drifted too close to another, it would quietly suggest a course correction without saying what the other game was doing.

McKellan says that only happened once for Townfall, over an enemy design, and that the team got to see Silent Hill f only a couple of months before it launched. "We were kind of kept in the dark, but in a good way," he told the panel, VGC reports. "It wasn't like a Marvel phase."

Source: VGC

Cyberpunk 2077 (image via GamesRadar+ / CD Projekt Red)

Cyberpunk 2077 just had its biggest Steam weekend in three years

Night City is packed again. According to SteamDB, Cyberpunk 2077 peaked at 187,215 concurrent Steam players over the weekend, its highest since the Phantom Liberty and 2.0 launch in October 2023. GamesRadar+ credits a mix of update 2.5, last week's second season of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners on Netflix, and a 70% off sale.

CD Projekt Red noticed. "It's been hell of a weekend," Cyberpunk 2 associate director Paweł Sasko posted on X, before asking players what the team got wrong with 2.5 and what it could improve.

Source: GamesRadar+

Final Fantasy Resonance (image via GamesRadar+ / Square Enix)

Update: Final Fantasy Resonance passes FF7 Rebirth for the series' biggest single-player Steam peak

What's new: On October 24 we noted Resonance's launch peak of nearly 28,000 players, Square Enix's second-biggest turn-based Steam launch. Its first weekend pushed it much higher.

SteamDB shows Final Fantasy Resonance hit 42,885 concurrent players on Sunday, just ahead of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's 40,564. That makes Square Enix's first HD-2D Final Fantasy the most-played single-player game in the series on Steam by peak. GamesRadar+ points out Rebirth reached PC almost a year after its PS5 launch, while Resonance launched everywhere at once. Final Fantasy 14 still holds the series record overall, at 95,150.

Source: GamesRadar+

UK physical charts (image via Nintendo Life)

UK charts: Modern Warfare 4 debuts at No. 1, with Switch Sports Resort right behind

Two big launches topped last week's UK physical charts. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 took first place, with only about 3% of its sales on Switch 2. Nintendo Switch Sports Resort came in second, and Final Fantasy Resonance debuted in fourth, Nintendo Life reports.

Source: Nintendo Life

Onimusha: Way of the Sword (image via Eurogamer / Capcom)

Onimusha: Way of the Sword's director says the player data backs up its difficulty

The Onimusha demo split players over whether it was too easy. Now game director Satoru Nihei says Capcom got the challenge right. "There are points where [players] do stumble, they do die, they do get defeated," he told PC Gamer, "but they're able to overcome that and progress." Nihei says the game was never meant to be as hard as Sekiro or Nioh, and that Capcom's play data shows players are progressing "close to what we set out to achieve," Eurogamer reports. Way of the Sword has already sold over a million copies.

Source: Eurogamer

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl (image via Gematsu / GSC Game World)

Update: Stalker 2's Update 2.1 "The Zone Lookout" is out now

What's new: We posted on October 24 that PlayStation Asia had leaked the update early. GSC Game World has now released it for real.

Update 2.1 lets you pick how far away A-Life NPCs are drawn, with presets and a Dynamic option that scales to your PC or console. Long-range gunfights and ballistics were tuned to match, so you'll hear firefights from much farther off. Friendly squad leaders, now marked on your compass, can guide you to nearby explored spots along their route for a fee. The patch also brings a broad batch of bug fixes, Gematsu reports.

Source: Gematsu

Original Xbox games on the achievements page (image via Pure Xbox)

Original Xbox achievements are starting to show up

Microsoft promised achievements for select original Xbox games this year, and they may be close. Players on X report that OG Xbox titles like Psychonauts, Destroy All Humans and Star Wars: Republic Commando now appear on their console achievements page, each showing "0/0" for now. Pure Xbox says the lists may not be built yet, or they may have shown up early by mistake.

Source: Pure Xbox

Sonic X Shadow Generations (image via Push Square / SEGA)

Sonic X Shadow Generations passes 3 million sales

SEGA says Sonic X Shadow Generations has sold more than 3 million copies, just as it turns two. For comparison, Push Square notes the original Sonic Generations had reported 1.85 million around five months after launch.

Source: Push Square; Gematsu

Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 (image via IGN / Bandai Namco)

Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 gets a surprise 10th anniversary send-off

Bandai Namco is celebrating Xenoverse 2's 10th birthday with two free updates. The first, on October 27, adds login bonuses, special costumes and a Gallery of Time update. The "Final Festival of Universes" follows on October 30 with returning rare items, 25x Star Coins, new character illustrations, and unlocks for Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 rewards, IGN reports. With Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 on the way, it looks like a send-off for the sequel.

Source: IGN

Sword of the Sea (image via Insider Gaming / Giant Squid)

Sword of the Sea's Xbox store page leaked before an announcement

Giant Squid's surfing adventure Sword of the Sea, one of 2025's best-reviewed games, briefly had a Microsoft Store page before it was pulled. Players captured the listing before it came down, and searching for the game now shows an error. Nothing is official yet, but Insider Gaming says an Xbox announcement probably isn't far off. It's currently on PS5 and PC.

Source: Insider Gaming

Lil Pip 3000 mod for Fallout: New Vegas (image via Rock Paper Shotgun / Fallout: The New West team)

Fallout: New Vegas modders release a flip-up Pip-Boy from canceled Fallout 3 'Van Buren'

The team behind Fallout: The New West, a fan remake of Black Isle's canceled Fallout 3 (codename Van Buren), timed a New Vegas gear drop to Fallout's October 23 "bomb day." The highlight is the Lil Pip 3000, rebuilt from Van Buren's original design docs, with custom animations so the lid flips up when you use it. A Wattz pack with five classic-style laser guns came with it, Rock Paper Shotgun reports.

Source: Rock Paper Shotgun

Eric Bauza (image via IGN)

Eric Bauza, voice of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, has died at 46

Voice actor Eric Bauza, the modern voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and many other Looney Tunes characters, died on October 25, his family announced. Per KTLA, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office listed the cause as hypertensive cardiovascular disease. Game fans heard him in World of Warcraft, The Sims 2, Batman: Arkham City, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and High on Life 2, among many others, IGN notes. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.

Source: IGN; Polygon